• Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Just got home after 2nd six-monthly checkup post cancer. I am happy to say that I am still cancer-free. Peter Mac Hospital in its infinite wisdom has removed all the free books for reading while waiting to see the doctor. This is a major step back. I found a couple of beauties last year while I was in treatment. Things I would never in a million years have actually spent money on, but were splendid reads. On the plus side, the new station at Parkville is just outside the door and is looking splendid and hopefully will be available for use soon. The new tram stop in Royal Parade is excellent and nearly big enough. Also the coffee in the Wellness Centre is still good but the selection of bikkies has reduced somewhat.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    3 months ago

    Had a moderately busy day , did not have any pain killer and didn’t think of my bad back once. iow, it’s better. 😊

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    With the recent community hyper-fixation on bees, I’d like to draw our attention to another issue: the lack of easy to attain quality soy sauce.

    I went to KT Mart today, I was looking for two things: a sweet refreshing beverage that I didn’t know what it was until I drank it, and some decent soy sauce.

    I got my beverage (Milkis), and I went looking for soy sauce. I found a small range of low-quality “cooking” soy sauce, which taste terrible, but for the life of me I couldn’t find any decent table soy sauce. There was all other kinds of sauces, terriyaki… kelp broth… dumpling dipping sauce… low sodium soy sauce… BUT WHERE WAS THE ACTUAL SOY SAUCE?!

    My last purchase of soy sauce of questionable provenance was a low sodium variety from ALDI. I couldnt use it, it was disgusting, and it’s in the bin now.

    I’m at a loss. Is this related to climate change?

  • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    Ah well my insurance won’t cover a nurse on call so I have to look at other options to get my dressing changed. Are there any cheap GPs or other services that could help me with this?! (Somewhere preferably closer to the city / inner SE)

    Update: omg the beautiful hospital worker got back to me saying that I can’t go without the dressing so the hospital will cover the costs for the first 3 visits 😭 that’s so nice of her to do that for me!!

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      That’s awesome. Healthcare workers are real heroes and deserve so much more.

      Is that enough to cover your needs or would you still need help?

      • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
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        3 months ago

        They really are. I remember when the anaesthetist drugged me I told the nurse I really appreciate what you do. Very corny but I really do! I also don’t remember anything that happened in the hour after that! I will take their offer for the first 3 days and probably head to a GP for the other 2. I will check if they can extend their offer to all 5 days (as they suggested changing the dressing every day for 5 days)

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      I love it when healthcare workers are so understanding to people outside the Medicare system and know how annoying it is to organise shit that most people take for granted!

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      You should qualify for post acute care, which will supply 3 days of dressing supplies and 7 days of home visits. Following that, you can do a search and find your local HACC/PYP provider in your local government area and call them to see if they can help.

        • Eagle@aussie.zone
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          3 months ago

          Might still be worth a call. My workplace (too far out to help you) routinely services people who don’t fit traditional funded services with low fees. We don’t like to see people not serviced.

          • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
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            3 months ago

            post acute care

            Ok thanks @Eagle, I will give them a ring and find out. Actually, “The Post Acute Care (PAC) Program provides short-term services and support forthose who need extra help at home after a public hospital stay”. My stay was at a private hospital unfortunately but I can still call and find out :<

            • Eagle@aussie.zone
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              3 months ago

              You might have more luck with the HACC/PYP services, or a GP clinic, even if you can reduce the dressing frequency to 2nd daily. It’ll probably be Bolton Clarke. They should have the ability for you to pay a fee for service, but they are a private company and can be pricey. Its worth a look though. And it’s a shame you’re not further out, we’d be happy to look after your butt crack for whatever you could afford!

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
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        3 months ago

        Because it’s super easy to dislocate your neck to see what you’re doing when dressing your own butt crack…

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    The weird jingoism in the media reporting around the Sydney stabbing is extremely cringe. “Warrior” cops and “god tier legends”. Really? It is possible to report the news without being all tabloid about it.

    Also “thoughts and prayers” from insert various people. Cool thanks for letting us know. Completely meaningless and predictable “sentiment”.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      Yes, surprised the word Cobber didn’t come out at this end of April. Especially since so many were yelling to instant grant citizenship/residency without any knowledge of the chaps in question wanting that.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      3 months ago

      This makes me glad I don’t consume much aussie news media

      it seems that I’m not missing out on information and have missed all the nastiness

      Why don’t I watch or read much news? because of decades of experience with the shitshow of aussie media I don’t even expect it be news worth watching

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’ve been wanting to watch some of the classic movies for a while now. I think on Friday night I’m finally gonna do it. I’ve been told the godfather and the Shawshank redemption are the 2 “must watches” so since there’s godfather posters in every pizza shop in the country, it seems only fitting I order a pizza

    Eventually I want to watch vertigo and some of the other hitchcoxk movies since they’re always spoken of super highly too

    • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      I watched Casablanca a few weeks back and had a lovely time. There’s a specific scene that’s so much better if you know it’s real

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      3 months ago

      My favourite Hitchcock movie is Shadow of a Doubt. Some must watches

      To Kill a Mockingbird

      Night of the Hunter

      Battle of Britain

      Judgement at Nuremberg

      Young Savages

      Deer Hunter

      Midnight Cowboy

      The Searchers

      A Tale of Two Cities

      Odd Man Out

      The Third Man

      O Lucky Man

      From Russia with Love

      Cape Fear ( with Gregory Peck )

      Imitation of Life

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        3 months ago

        That’s a lot. I don’t think I have enough attention span to watch all of them

      • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
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        3 months ago

        Ooo love me some oldies:

        • North by Northwest
        • Maltese Falcon
        • Rear Window
        • Dial M for Murder
        • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

        While not really a musical fan, I do like Oaklahoma, South Pacific etc.

    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      Have you seen the modern classic: Bee Movie? It brings together a remarkable ensemble cast (even though it’s animated). Its effectively an allegory; a representation of the human rat race (if you will) depicted as a bee colony. It follows the life of the protagonist Barry B Benson as he (long story short) saves the world. It leaves us with a heartwarming answer to the question: Can you ever bee enough? The answer is yes.

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’ve neglected yard maintenance with the lurgie and the fig tree has been dropping leaves early, so I’ve just spent half an hour raking the leaves into piles. Good thing I haven’t later start today.
    In other news may have a buyer for the furniture I don’t want to take with me - fingers crossed!

  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    Pupdog gave us a freight just before bed and then Kittycat spent the night being an absolute monster. Am wfh today to take Pup to the vet this morning, must resist the temptation to nap this afternoon.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    all that fartblarting about how even existing on the internet on win7 nowadays makes you a horrible monster full of disease and the one fucking box in the house that gets compromised is the win10.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      Oh no! I’ll be honest I havnt heard of a home PC getting compromised in years, thats kind of scary. But yes no, people shouldnt be using an OS that is out of support.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    3 months ago

    I had a dental appointment today to find out about lots of expensive work. The bad news is it will cost many $$$. The good news is it can all be spread out over a couple of years to maximize health insurance rebates. So it will take a while, but I can look forward to a future without gaps in my teeth. 😁

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        3 months ago

        Ouch. Mine will be around 11k for this round. Seeing how much trouble my mother is having with her teeth and being restricted in what she can eat is extremely motivating to get it done though.

        As well as going to the dentist keeping on top of regular brushing is also really important. I’ve not been good at this (it was never really pushed when I was growing up so I didn’t really develop it as a habit) and have really focussed on it more recently. Strangely enough a toothbrush tracker has been really helpful for me - just knowing it is being recorded in an app whether or not I brushed my teeth has been enough to motivate me to be much more consistent about brushing.

        • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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          3 months ago

          I had the same issue growing up, it didn’t become a habit.

          I’m a twice a day, floss at night person now.

          Considering how much I’ve spent I want to protect my investment lol

  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    Anyone else look up from their morning coffee to see a mouse casually walking across the kitchen floor like they freaking owned the place…! daaaah